going to pick up a new parker this weekend

[Dale Zywina]

Joe it is nice to go to a gunshop and not be treated like the plague!! I work in a gunshop about 4 hours north of Pluglisi's and we treat everyone who comes threw the door with respect and as if they were our new friend. The way they treated you at Pluglisi's was very much the same treatment my wife and myself were treated. The first thing I told them was I am Canadian!!! this ussually results in dont touch the guns and get out pronto!!! They welomed me and ,my wife esspecially. They asked her first what she would like to see, then myself. They gave me the grand tour and an nice southern bell that was there with her husband wisked my wife away for a nice chat( my wife indulges my gun collecting but is not that interested) this left me and the gentalmen to show me a few guns. THe sales man even let me go in the vault and handle guns worth mor than my house!! Since I live in the Canadian capital Province of Ontario it is next to impossible to get an permit for export, and there is alot of guns I would like to buy there as well as consign. I felt bad leaving without spending a cent, but that seemed not to matter. I also wish to thank the nice southern couple who were there and very nice to my wife and me( the lady was a true Southern bell). Overall I have never been treated so well in an gunshop in the USA, regards Dale in Thunder Bay Ontario Canada

Not surprised to hear that about Jack Puglisi's High Class operation. He didn't become a very successful gun dealer by not knowing the old secret of sales: Treat every person you wait on as if they were the most important person you will have seen all day--

The tats- well, many folks are negative about that, sure. I used to ride Harleys a bit- but no Gang or Colors- just another fan of Bob Seger's great anthem song "Roll Me Away" but some folks are still panicked when they see bikers out for a summer run- Not all are Hell's Angels, or even Marlon Brando wannabees from the 1950's (and Brando rode a Triumph, not a Harley)--

Case in point- some years ago, one of my sisters, who lives in Devon PA- we went into Philly where her husband at that time worked- into the BookBinder's Restaurant for lunch- two truckers in uniform were waiting in line for a table, and we heard a Chestnut Hill matron gasp- "My stars, they won't let those awful men eat here, will they? she asked her escort-- "Of course they will my dear, the owners know a 50 dollar bill from them in the cash register is the same as one from your purse"- end of story!!

Do let us know if you get that hammer gun. I am hoping for a fish-tail lever 20 bore Hammer Parker-maybe someday--

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Francis Morin

I am hoping for a fish-tail lever 20 bore Hammer Parker-maybe someday--:

Francis, in this small world of SXS collecting I can assure you that wishes do indeed (sometimes) come true!! (more on this later)